metathesis linguistic notation

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znƷæbil /Ʒnzæbil/ Ginger

/znƷæbil/ /Ʒnzæbil/ /nærƷin/ /ræanƷin/ /fænilæh/ /fælinæh/ /Ʒenzir/ /znƷir/

this is the data could you plz help me? can you help me to write the metathesis rule for this data? I thought that this rule is right /VC/----[CV] / three consecutive Cs

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asked Dec 21 '15 at 23:21

dreamt

I don't think there is a rule. As far as I know, this is sporadic cross-dialectal variation. – user6726 Dec 22 '15 at 00:13
It looks like this is Arabic, right? In that case, the etymology suggests that /zanjabīl/ is the original form, and /janzabīl/ the metathesized form. You may be interested in this question: Place feature metathesis – brass tacks Dec 22 '15 at 03:22
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You need to provide more data because from one example, we wouldn't be able to infer what it is that triggers metathesis in that language. – Morphosyntax Dec 22 '15 at 12:07
yes, it is Arabic. – dreamt Dec 22 '15 at 21:50
/znƷæbil/ /Ʒnzæbil/ /nærƷin/ /ræanƷin/ /fænilæh/ /fælinæh/ /fælsæfh/ /fælfæsh/ /Ʒenzir/ /znƷir/ this is the data could you plz help me? – dreamt Dec 23 '15 at 00:02

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